Fig. 484.
In Yorkshire, some years ago, a stone, marked in small squares like a draught-board, was found at Scambridge.[58] In a grave at Gilton, in Kent, two small dice, here engraved of their full size ([fig. 485]), were found. They were formed of ivory or bone.
Fig. 485.
Querns, or hand-mills, for grinding corn, have on many occasions been found in or about Anglo-Saxon interments. The one engraved on the next figure ([fig. 486]) was found in a Saxon grave in the grounds of Miss Worsley, at Winster, along with many other interesting relics. One half of the quern had been burnt along with the body, as had also many of the stones which formed the mound.
Fig. 486.
The next ([fig. 487]) is from Kings Newton, the same locality referred to under the head of Anglo-Saxon pottery. Portions of stones which have evidently formed triturating stones, or grinders, are occasionally found in the grave-mounds of different periods. These have doubtless been of the same general character with the two here engraved for comparison (figs. [488] and [489]). Similar stones are found in Ireland.
Fig. 487.